U.K. Magazine Highlighted PANTERA Feud Two Weeks Before DIMEBAG Was Shot To Death
December 10, 2004BBC News is reporting that the U.K. edition of Metal Hammer magazine printed an interview two weeks before former PANTERA guitarist Darrell Abbott was shot and killed, saying he should be "severely beaten."
Metal Hammer published the interview with singer Phil Anselmo, who featured in PANTERA with Abbott. BLABBERMOUTH.NET made several excerpts from the interview available online on December 1.
Abbott was one of five people killed in Ohio as his band DAMAGEPLAN performed.
A spokesman for publisher Future said it was "really sorry" to hear of the deaths, adding: "We extend our sympathies to the families involved."
Anselmo, who is now lead singer for SUPERJOINT RITUAL, was interviewed in the Christmas edition of the magazine, talking about the acrimonious break-up of PANTERA.
No motive has yet been established for the killings, although Columbus police have said witnesses had described hearing alleged gunman Nathan Gale accuse Abbott of being behind the split of PANTERA.
"[Abbott] deserves to be beaten severely," Anselmo told the magazine, which is not published in the U.S.
The magazine's cover features Anselmo brandishing two knives at the camera.
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